Game reviews suck!

Reviews are kinda stupid, don't you think? They are just one persons opinion after-all, why do people seem to forget that?  It must come down to how active and passive a gamer you are. Passive gamers will gladly swallow that 15th version of FIFA and Guitar Hero for £40 a pop, then a year later do the same EA loves you guys! An active gamer fits into the demographic of someone who seeks out those titles that get placed in the shadows by the big hitters year on year. Its the same with other media such as Film and Music.

Its a real shame when developers put in 1000's of hours into a title for someone calling themselves a journalist to call it a pile of s***. Far too many reviewers seem to have an agenda from the beginning to hate a game rather than give a balanced professional opinion as a product. Weigh up the pro's and con's in a constructive process. The rise of Video Reviews must be an answer to people who are A, too lazy to read a detailed review or B, have a wife, who children and a dog named Rex. The score seems to be all that matters now, anything less than a 7/10, don't bother with appears to be the message at Gametrailers.com (a website where a faceless voice "reviews" a game, who writes these "reviews" exactly?) and other online publications. Peoples obsession with ratings are everywhere, like men in the street saying" she that girl shes a 6, but her friends a 9, shes hot!". This needs to stop already. The majority of passive gamers are always looking for validation for that £40 they spent down at their local games store. This comes in game review scores.

We are all critics! Everyday we critique parts of our daily lives without even realizing. Gamers need to form their own opinions, buy the games that you want not what an overweight middle aged man on a website tell you to.

Ok i can see people jumping me on the street saying "we'll its just their opinion". Far too much emphasis is placed on review scores from big hitters like IGN when people are torn to buy a particular game or not. The bottom line should be "try it, see if you like it then love or hate it" above all else, make your own opinions on a game. Loads of games, tv shows and movies I've loved have got panned by the critics. 

P:S Speed Racer was an Awesome film, reviewers are so dumb! :P